If you thought Lady Gaga’s “100 people in a room†awards season anecdote was getting a little too well-worn at this point, at least it has some sincere heart and soul behind it. Because in a new Financial Times profile, Goop maestro Gwyneth Paltrow decided to revisit what’s become her new favorite story to tell journalists about her burgeoning wellness empire, and it’s just … not particularly warm and fuzzy, is it? Is it now? “I had this funny experience the other day where I went to a yoga studio in LA and the beautiful 22-year-old girl behind the counter was like, ‘Have you ever done yoga before?’ †she recalled. “And I was like: ‘Bitch, you have this job because I’ve done yoga before.’ †If you’re a Goop groupie, you can probably recall Paltrow used the same story in a WSJ. Magazine profile last month, just with slightly different wording:
Forgive me if this comes out wrong, but I went to do a yoga class in L.A. recently and the 22-year-old girl behind the counter was like, ‘Have you ever done yoga before?’ And literally I turned to my friend, and I was like, ‘You have this job because I’ve done yoga before.’
And, months before that, she tried the lil’ tale out on a group of fashion and beauty reporters at a private dinner reception. Per Fashion Magazine:
[S]he recounted how the other day she went to yoga, a discipline she’s been practicing since the 90s. While she was getting her mat, the 20-something girl working at the studio asked Paltrow if she’d ever done the exercise before. “And I was like ‘Bitch you have this job because I’ve done yoga before!’†she said jokingly. “I didn’t really say that to her.â€
We’re going to need to mull this over with some green juices and vaginal eggs. And with a yoga mat made out of the finest polyurethane, we guess.